# New Nuc installed question

**URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781
**Category:** Beekeeping - Basics
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781 "2022-04-21T20:16:56Z")
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### Author: ![Texasbees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Texasbees](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Texasbees)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781/1 "2022-04-21T20:16:56Z")

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I installed a brand new Nuc yesterday, and since then the bees have bearded out the front of the hive. The same amount of bees has been there all day and night. I just want to make sure this is normal behavior since this is my first hive. Thanks for any help!

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### Author: ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781/2 "2022-04-21T20:23:43Z")

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Welcome to the forum! Probably nothing to worry about, common during hot weather. Occasionally you see a sudden beard or increase in bearding when there’s been a feed or honey spill inside the hive. Since you just installed yesterday that doesn’t seem likely, unless you have a feeder inside there?

Nice blue roof 😌

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### Author: ![Texasbees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Texasbees](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Texasbees)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781/3 "2022-04-21T21:12:11Z")

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Thanks for the reply and the compliment on the roof! No feeder installed and I didn’t want to disturb them for a few days after putting them in.

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### Author: ![AdamMaskew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/adammaskew/32/16818_2.png) [@AdamMaskew](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/AdamMaskew)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-nuc-installed-question/32781/4 "2022-04-21T23:47:31Z")

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It can also be a function of how many bees came in the Nuc and whether you used the foundationless frames or added frames with foundation to fill the remainder of the brood super. I suspect that there just isn’t enough flat surface or festooning room within the hive for the bees out the front. Depending on temp/humidity and flow this will resolve itself fairly quickly.

Adam